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<blockquote data-quote="milani" data-source="post: 948539" data-attributes="member: 6654"><p>Special Teams is really a morphed unit of players who generally look to play at some point on offense or defense. There are exceptions. Guys that fail in a position sometimes become heroes on ST. e.g. Desmond Howard. Travis Jervey was a surfer who wanted to be a RB. But his skills were that of a gunner. Chester Marcol who actually won games as a Packer kicker made his one claim to fame by picking up his own blocked kick and taking it for a TD. Mistakes on ST are going to happen. But consistent breakdowns in fundamentals are the responsibility of coaches. And if you have players that cannot come close to executing them then they should not be on ST. The other piece is player leadership. It is not all on the coach. In his last season as a Packer Ray Nitschke played almost exclusively on ST, not MLB. Does anyone remember old Bill Brown of the Vikings? His years as a back were over and done in the 60s. But he made his living at the end of his career as captain of the ST unit. And he was good at it. But this has to start at the top. And there have been teams that are near the bottom on both offense and defense but near the top in ST. The KC Chiefs in the 80s lost more often than winning. Yet there ST under the command of coach Frank Gansz was one of the best for a number of years.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="milani, post: 948539, member: 6654"] Special Teams is really a morphed unit of players who generally look to play at some point on offense or defense. There are exceptions. Guys that fail in a position sometimes become heroes on ST. e.g. Desmond Howard. Travis Jervey was a surfer who wanted to be a RB. But his skills were that of a gunner. Chester Marcol who actually won games as a Packer kicker made his one claim to fame by picking up his own blocked kick and taking it for a TD. Mistakes on ST are going to happen. But consistent breakdowns in fundamentals are the responsibility of coaches. And if you have players that cannot come close to executing them then they should not be on ST. The other piece is player leadership. It is not all on the coach. In his last season as a Packer Ray Nitschke played almost exclusively on ST, not MLB. Does anyone remember old Bill Brown of the Vikings? His years as a back were over and done in the 60s. But he made his living at the end of his career as captain of the ST unit. And he was good at it. But this has to start at the top. And there have been teams that are near the bottom on both offense and defense but near the top in ST. The KC Chiefs in the 80s lost more often than winning. Yet there ST under the command of coach Frank Gansz was one of the best for a number of years. [/QUOTE]
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